Beyond any doubt, FDI are an alternative source of capital for financing the national development of many developing countries. Global flows of FDI have grown phenomenally over the last years. În this article we tried to demonstrate, in an empirical way, the correlation between FDI and economic...

The classical models of portfolio selection could not be applied on a market were the efficient market hypothesis is not valid (at least in a "weak" sense). The aim of this paper is to enlighten the difficulties of portfolio construction in a financial market with institutional and structural...

Many financial studies are based on the efficient capital markets hypothesis. In this context, testing the existence of this concept becomes an interesting field of study for the emerging capital market. The aim of this paper is to enlighten the difficulties of portfolio construction in a...

The foreign direct investments are depending not only of economic resources, structures, mechanisms and performances of hosting countries but also on their socio-economic, cultural and political conditions. The objective of this paper is to provide a general framework of the connections between...

Nowadays there is a large debate on whether the financial information proves any relevance for the investors´ prediction of the securities market values/stock prices. The paper focuses, besides reviewing some important literature concerning this issue, on an empirical analysis taking into...

The financial sector of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, reflected in the BET-FI index, has gone through important changes during the last few years, becoming very attractive for the individual and institutional investors. This paper’s aim is to offer an analysis of the static proprieties of the...

Integration has become a second nature of Europeans.. Day-in, day-out, we experience more worldwide integration of markets and this will further develop as –in the end – it will mean real tangible benefits for all stakeholders involved. One of the most important parts of the integration...

There is a growing literature body which examines the connections between financial status and economic growth. The aim of this paper is to examine the mechanism through which this positive connection is realized. The methodology is based on a pool data regression with dynamic of real GDP as...

The Romanian financial market has passed in the last years through a large “maturating” and consolidation process which has created an unfinished architecture, harmonising step by step with the capital markets from European Union. One possible way to analyse the empirical characteristics of...

Based on the valuable experience of fund managers and individual investors, modern and postmodern theories development process, regarding selection, management and optimization of investment portfolios, conceptualizes the basis of philosophy, investment style, diversification importance and the...